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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in online education technology are empowering learners in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants want to better understand these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing need for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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